all saints.... its not just a girl group

Is there a saying all things that hail from Great Britain are amazing? Well there should be. If you haven't been to an all saints store you need to go STAT. You can find the most interesting pieces in such drab colors. plus if i had a kid how adorable would he or she look in there children's collection?

(PS they have an amazing sale going on right this very minute) 

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the things you stumble upon

Tonight as I was about to update you all about my new obsession I stumbled across yet another. So in the interest to break up a string of post of adorable clothes I will bring you some art.


Laurie Lipton hails from New York. She was the first person to graduate from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pennsylvania with a Fine Arts Degree in Drawing (with honours). She has lived in Holland, Belgium, Germany and France and has made her home in London since 1986. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout Europe and the USA. Her drawing have left me searching for mats and picture frames that will make this pictures perfect for my room. 


Laurie says, "photographer, Diane Arbus, was another of my inspirations. Her use of black and white hit me at the core of my Being. Black and white is the color of ancient photographs and old TV shows… it is the color of ghosts, longing, time passing, memory, and madness. Black and white ached. I realized that it was perfect for the imagery in my work.”


OK I must get back to my search for picture frames and such! If you want more information check out http://www.laurielipton.com/ 

Dont judge me just because I am considering putting this up in my bedroom! 

This is Laurie Lipton!!

I love shoes. I love having crazy unique shoes. I love being five inches taller. It should come to no surprise that when I found charlotte olympia I felt like I found the holy grail. 

Well most people are still obsessing over a pair of red soled shoes (cough cough Christian Louboutin) or perhaps need shoes they can wear 24/7 ( cough cough Jimmy Choo) I prefer to go down the road that Charlotte is paving. 

New Year New Resolutions

My new years resolution was simple: to update this blog three times a week. Simple but apparently I am off to a bad start since it is now midnight Thursday of the first week of the year. Well I guess I better crack the whip.  Over the last two months (yikes! its been that long since i updated) I have been thinking alot about my style and how without knowing it has become such a signature of who I am. As much as I try to fight it and go out side my comfort zone I always go back to things that are "so me." So this year i plan to embrace my style and be ok with it being my signature.

Days Four, Five, and Six

The next three days have been a breeze. The key is to pick versatile items. For instance, if I would have picked a tutu my outfits would be slim to say the least. However, I must say that a tutu from American Apparel would have been kick ass to wear this week. . Thats not the point though, right? So back the topic at hand:

Day four uses my favorite trick in the book: making a dress into a skirt.  WHO WOULD DARE THINK OF SUCH A THING! 

Day five brought out flat riding boots which turned a frilly, girlie dress into a daytime appropriate outfit.

Day six was a simple grecian dress with sparkley accessories.

7 pieces: Alice and Olivia base dress, Nation Utld shirt
Added: Nordstrom tights, Chanel flats, J Crew glitter clutch

7 Pieces: McGinn dress, Elizabeth and James blazer
Added: DKNY over the knee socks, Corso Como boots, Steve Madden belt, Tasha headband

7 Pieces: Elizabeth and James dress
Added: Nordstrom tights, Chanel flats, Tasha headband

Only one more day to go!

Thanks to: Javier Valle, Nick Harris, and Norma Arbulu for pictures